Improvement in ice-creepers



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A; Winks, 'orBuuNsWroL GERMANY;

Lette/rs Patent No. 97,738, dated December 7 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN Ice-CREEPERS.

The Schedule reieniedto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all lwhom t't-'Inay concern: j

Be it known `that I, A. WILKE, of Brunswick,

` (Bfratmsclmaofigd Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IcelGreepers5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, makiugpart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur. l

i To enable others ,skilled in the art to construct and v use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

Figure l is the plan, and

l l Figure 2, the side elevation ofthe Creeper.

The, nature of my iuvention consists iu a metallic ,-plate, suitably varranged-to` be `put on the heels of boots and shoes, and provided underneath with felt, for the purpose of preventing slipping ,whenrwalking on ice,

snow, and other smooth and slippery surfaces.

` underneath of and vto the `plate A.

` `The plate in front has a ange,'0, provided with pins D D, pointing to the rear, for the purpose of beingidrawn into the front part of the heel,to which theereeper is to be aixed, andis provided also with a standard, E,'iu the rear, said standard tapped with a female-screw thread, in which a thumb-screw pin, F, isaoperating, which piu secures the saidplate A t0 the back part of the heel.

In place of pins a a and screw-piu F, other sintahle fasteuings may be attached tothe plate A, for the purpose of securing the samev tol the heeln The above-described Creeper, when put on the heel of a boot or shoe, prevents the person wearing itfrom slipping whenwalking on ice, snow, sleet, and other smooth and slippery surfaces .the felt being the best material for the purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention,

XVhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent, is

An ice-oreeper, consisting of the met-ai frame A, provided with the clips I) and the screwl", with the felt sole B attached, substantially as described.

y A. WILKE. Witnesses AUGUST SEWERTH, Fabrikant. `WILHELM KEMMER, Fabrikant. 

